sole motive

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandmotive

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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(Definition ofsoleandmotivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole motive

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Too much support is being given to those whosesolemotiveis the amassing of profits.
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I am not supporting a world in which profit is thesolemotive.
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I will not, at this stage, start going into details, but that is oursolemotiveand that is all we have done.
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It has been alleged that oursolemotiveis to reduce the pressure on prison accommodation.
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That has been thesolemotivebehind all their contributions.
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Thesolemotiveof such companies in coming into those areas is not to help the poorest people but to make the fastest buck.
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We welcome the reductions, but it would be wrong to suggest that thesolemotivefor them is disarmament.
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Thesolemotivehitherto has been the profit-making motive and the existence of what is known as private competition.
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However, can he say that hissolemotivefor bringing this proposal forward now was that reason and that alone?
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That leads one to assume that thesolemotiveis mercenary.
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The difference is between those who are loyal to the rule of law and those who regard the national will as thesolemotiveof their policy.
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That is mysolemotive.
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I did not say that that was hissolemotive, but that the emotive way in which he approached the subject would have got the headlines.
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Here, let me say that oursolemotivein taking this decision was to secure more scope for our own fishermen in the waters around our coasts.
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There are people whosesolemotiveis to make profit for themselves, and yet they are allowed to charge any price they care, any price they can get.
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But it is a defect to eat, like beasts, through thesolemotiveof sensual gratification, and without any reasonable object.
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Mysolemotiveis to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
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Aside from the whistle, the steam locomotive remained inactive, with the diesel being the train'ssolemotivepower.
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Fred denies these allegations stating hissolemotivewas to altruistically help serious breeders in that country to improve their dogs.
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